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Episode 138: Self-Publishing Tips: How to Choose a Narrator for Your Audiobook

Hey Christian Indies,

When Christina Cattane set forth to choose a narrator for her number 1 bestselling book Lost in the Land of the Midnight Sun, she was determined to get a voice as authentic to her narrator voice as possible.  She didn’t think her odds were great – there were many dialects represented in the audiobook world, but not too many who claimed to read with an authentic Alaskan dialect. 

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Episode 137: Self Publishing Tips: Is Audible the only choice for your Audiobook?

Hey, Christian Indies!

This week our essential writing tips are all aural, Indie; We’re discussing audiobooks and how to get them to market!

We know It is quite an effort to learn all  the “ins and outs” of getting your physical and eBook formats up for sale on Amazon, and the idea of making an audiobook version of your work may seem a bit overwhelming, at first. However, this is an exciting opportunity to reach a whole new audience – people who may prefer audio, or those who have disabilities requiring them to listen rather than read.

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Episode 136: What is Acceptable to Christian Readers?

Dear Indie,

We’ve talked in the past about the challenges of writing about your faith, but there is more to pleasing a Christian reading audience than writing specifically within the Christian genre. In fact, there are a whole host of genres wherein a Christian can find readership. Thus, the dilemma – how much is “too” much of the “world” to sprinkle into your writing?

We’re going to take on this meaty subject. You won’t want to miss it.

See you there,


-Jamie

Episode 135: Essential Writing Tips: Our Top 10 Tips for Self-Editing

Dear Christian Indie,

This week, we have a tip for new authors; “spend some time self-editing.”

Why? You might ask.

Well, dear Indie, there is an old saying that goes, “great books are not written, they are edited.” Even more recently, best selling author Neil Gaiman has advised, “write down everything that happens in the story, and then in your second draft make it look like you knew what you were doing all along.”

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Episode 134: Essential Writing Tips: Research Trips to Enhance Your Writing

Hi there, Indie!

“Write what you know.”

What more frustrating advice could anyone give young Jamie? After all, I was only a kid, and painfully aware that I didn’t really know much of anything!

Of course, with years and wisdom I was able to better process and utilize the sentiments of this communication and, in general, I feel the advice is wise. However, let’s say you want to write what you know, and you imagine an engaging tale about someone born in a region of the country (or world!) you have never visited? Or, imagine trying to write fanfic about Tina’s character, having never been to Alaska!

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Episode 133: Essential Writing Tips: Get to Know Your Characters

Hey Christian Indies,

We’re kicking off a new series this week entitled, “Essential Writing Tips.” With this series, we hope to really dig into the “first things first” elements of writing. This week, we’re starting with getting to know your characters. 

You might wonder, “how am I supposed to get to know an imaginary person?”  or, “why would you bother to do so?”

In response, I offer this challenge; think about your favorite character from a book. Now, imagine you learn the author is planning to kill that person off in the next novel.

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Episode 131: Self Publishing Tips: How to Use Hashtags

Hey there, Indies!

I saw an ad for a car insurance policy the other night, in which the entirety of the plot hinged upon the confusion caused by hashtags. The premise was, “only people “of a certain age” have this issue; but the more we chat about hashtags on the podcast, the more the other hosts and I realize uncertainty abounds upon this subject among folks of all age groups*.

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Episode 129: Tools for Writers

Dear Christian Indies,

Writing used to be a relatively straightforward proposition; one made a series of marks on a surface using first only basic, blunt tools but later sophisticated implements and inks. These marks were known, inteligible symbols to other humans – a part of the universal code we now call, “common language.”  Today, there are just as many “right” ways to write a book as there are individual writing styles. This means many options are available for you, awesome Indie, when it comes to assembling your own tools of the writing trade! 

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